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Friday, August 22
Lawrence Busker Festival
6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Downtown Lawrence (Free)
Peter Ostroushko & The Heartland Band
Lied Center Concert and Art Festival
6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Lied Center (Free)
Saturday, August 23
Lawrence Busker Festival
Noon to 10 p.m., Downtown Lawrence (Free)
Opening: "Overcoming the Fears That Overcome Us...," by Whit Bones
6 p.m. to 9 p.m., DotDotDot ArtSpace (Free)
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
8 p.m., The Crossroads KC
Sunday, August 24
Lawrence Busker Festival
Noon to 10 p.m., Downtown Lawrence (Free)
28th Annual Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships
Noon to 5 p.m., South Park (Free)
Kaw Valley Kickball Playoffs
Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals
5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., Various locales of ball-kicking, Lawrence (Free)
Truckstop Honeymoon / Midday Ramblers (early all-ages patio show)
6 p.m., The Replay Lounge ($3)
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
7:30 p.m., The Sprint Center ($29 - $89)
Friday, August 29
Tommy Ferrari and The Future Motor Machines / Blow Chi
10 p.m., The Replay Lounge ($2 - $3)
Sunday, August 31
Ratatat
8 p.m., The Granada ($13 - $15)
Friday, September 5
Lymbyc Systym / This Will Destroy You
10 p.m., The Jackpot Music Hall ($5 - $7)
Saturday, September 6
Crossroads Music Fest
4 p.m. to 2 a.m., Six venues, KCMO ($10 - $15)
Red Balloon To Do 6
5 p.m. to 10 p.m., Downtown Lawrence (Free)
Ad Astra Per Aspera / Fourth of July / Ssion / Boo and Boo Too / Coat Party
8 p.m., The Granada ($7)
Tuesday, September 9
Cartun Xprez & Hooliganship
8 p.m., Wonder Fair: Art Gallery & How! ($5)
Thursday, September 11
Vampire Weekend
with White Williams
8 p.m., Liberty Hall ($18.50 - $20.50)
Friday, September 12
The Cribs
7 p.m., The Granada ($13)
Laurie Anderson's "Homeland"
7:30 p.m., Lied Center ($13 - $35)
Okkervil River / Fourth of July / Suzannah Johannes
9 p.m., The Bottleneck ($12)
The Night Marchers / Colour Revolt
10 p.m., The Jackpot Music Hall ($10)
Saturday, September 13
4th annual Music for the Masses
with Dojo / The Yards / more TBA
1 p.m. to 11 p.m., South Park (Free)
The Khrusty Brothers / The Klangs
8 p.m., The Bottleneck
Sunday, September 14
Ra Ra Riot / Walter Meego / Pepi Ginsberg / The Letter Division
10 p.m., The Jackpot Music Hall ($10)
Monday, September 15
Cut Copy / The Presets
9:30 p.m., The Record Bar ($17)
Tuesday, September 16
The Avett Brothers
7 p.m., Liberty Hall ($19 - $20.50)
Wednesday, September 17
Walnut Valley Festival
Winfield's legendary bluegrass blowout featuring Split Lip Rayfield / Truckstop Honeymoon / The Wilders / Drakkar Sauna / Midday Ramblers and many, many more
Midnight to midnight, Cowley County Fairgrounds ($18 - $85)
Thursday, September 18
Walnut Valley Festival
Winfield's legendary bluegrass blowout featuring Split Lip Rayfield / Truckstop Honeymoon / The Wilders / Drakkar Sauna / Midday Ramblers and many, many more
Midnight to midnight, Cowley County Fairgrounds ($18 - $85)
Jenny Lewis
with Whispertown200 / Jonathan Wilson
7 p.m., The Granada ($14)
Artists talk: "Clouds Are Easy to Love"
Meditations on the sublime and turbulent Kansas sky
7 p.m., The Lawrence Percolator (Free)
Friday, September 19
Walnut Valley Festival
Winfield's legendary bluegrass blowout featuring Split Lip Rayfield / Truckstop Honeymoon / The Wilders / Drakkar Sauna / Midday Ramblers and many, many more
Midnight to midnight, Cowley County Fairgrounds ($18 - $85)
John Gorka / Sonia
West Side Folk
7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Unity Church ($23)
Junior Brown
8 p.m., The Bottleneck ($16)
Saturday, September 20
Walnut Valley Festival
Winfield's legendary bluegrass blowout featuring Split Lip Rayfield / Truckstop Honeymoon / The Wilders / Drakkar Sauna / Midday Ramblers and many, many more
Midnight to midnight, Cowley County Fairgrounds ($18 - $85)
The Life and Times / Love Like Fire / The Dactyls
10 p.m., The Replay Lounge ($2 - $3)
Sunday, September 21
Walnut Valley Festival
Winfield's legendary bluegrass blowout featuring Split Lip Rayfield / Truckstop Honeymoon / The Wilders / Drakkar Sauna / Midday Ramblers and many, many more
Midnight to midnight, Cowley County Fairgrounds ($18 - $85)
Monday, September 22
Rocket Summer / Phantom Planet / Secret Handshake / The Morning Light
7 p.m., The Granada ($16)
Tuesday, September 23
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
7 p.m., Starlight Theatre ($45 - $65)
Friday, September 26
Stars / Bell X1
7 p.m., The Granada ($15)
Alexander String Quartet and Branford Marsalis
7:30 p.m., Lied Center ($18 - $35)
Connie Dover / Skip Gorman
West Side Folk
7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Unity Church ($22)
The Dandy Warhols / Darker My Love / The Upsidedown
8 p.m., Liberty Hall ($16.50)
Jim Gaffigan
8 p.m., The Midland Theater ($42.75)
Saturday, September 27
River City Reading Festival
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Lawrence Public Library (Free)
Thomas Frank
in conjunction with the River City Reading Festival
5 p.m., Dole Institute of Politics (Free)
Brent Berry Band / Daddy Claxton
10 p.m., The Bottleneck
Monday, September 29
Ani Difranco
8 p.m., Liberty Hall ($29.50 - $35)
Beck / MGMT
8 p.m., Uptown Theater ($37.50)
Tuesday, September 30
Dr. Dog / Delta Spirit / Hacienda
9:30 p.m., The Record Bar ($12.50)
Thursday, October 2
Del McCoury Band / Truckstop Honeymoon
7 p.m., The Crossroads KC ($26)
Saturday, October 4
Opening reception for MUNNY Art Show
7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center (Free)
Bassnectar / The Egg / Orchard Lounge
9 p.m., The Granada ($16 - $20)
Sunday, October 5
Vinland One-Club Tourney
Noon, Vinland Natural Nine ($10)
Wednesday, October 8
Cory Morrow
9 p.m., The Granada ($12)
Saturday, October 11
Football: KU vs. Colorado
Time TBD
Time TBA, Memorial Stadium ($55)
Thursday, October 16
Broken Social Scene / Land of Talk
8 p.m., Beaumont Club ($20)
Wednesday, October 22
Ben Folds
7:30 p.m., Uptown Theater ($30)
Friday, October 24
Yonder Mountain String Band
7 p.m., Liberty Hall ($24)
Saturday, October 25
Diplo / Abe Vigoda / Telepathe / Blaqstarr
9 p.m., The Granada ($15)
Football: KU vs. Texas Tech
Homecoming, Time TBD
Time TBA, Memorial Stadium ($55)
Monday, October 27
Michael Chabon "Conquering the Wilderness: Imaginative Imperalism and the Invasion of Legoland"
7:50 p.m. to 9 p.m., The Kansas Union (Free)
Wednesday, October 29
Jonathan Richman
8 p.m., The Bottleneck ($15 - $16)
Thursday, October 30
Electric Six / Local H / The Golden Dogs
8 p.m., The Jackpot Music Hall ($12 - $14)
Friday, October 31
Danzig / Dimmu Borgir / Moonspell / Winds of Plague / Skeltonwitch
7 p.m., Uptown Theater ($27.50)
Ozomatli / Chali 2 Na
8 p.m., Liberty Hall ($20.50)
Saturday, November 1
Girl Talk / CX KiDTRONiK / The Death Set
8 p.m., The Granada ($14)
Magnolia Electric Co. / Bottomless Pit / Tre Orsi
9 p.m., The Jackpot Music Hall ($8 - $9)
Football: KU vs. Kansas State
Time TBD
Time TBA, Memorial Stadium ($85)
Wednesday, November 5
Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks / Blitzen Trapper
7 p.m., Liberty Hall
Thursday, November 13
Coldplay
7:30 p.m., The Sprint Center ($49.50 - $97.50)
Saturday, November 15
Of Montreal
with Sinkane
8 p.m., Liberty Hall ($14)
Football: KU vs. Texas
Time TBD
Time TBA, Memorial Stadium ($60)
Tuesday, November 18
Jeannette Walls "The Glass Castle; Hunting Demons and Other Life Lessons"
7:50 p.m. to 9 p.m., Woodruff Auditorium (Free)
Saturday, November 22
Peter Mulvey
West Side Folk
7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Unity Church ($20)
Saturday, November 29
Football: KU vs. Missouri
Time TBD
Time TBA, Arrowhead Stadium ($35 - $60)
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